Fasika

E455102

Christian feast Easter celebration religious holiday

Fasika is the Ethiopian and Eritrean Orthodox celebration of Easter, marked by lengthy fasting, all-night church services, and a festive breaking of the fast with traditional foods.

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All labels observed (1)

Label	Occurrences
Fasika canonical	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Christian feast ⓘ Easter celebration ⓘ religious holiday ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Eritrean Easter NERFINISHED ⓘ Ethiopian Easter NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWith	Good Friday NERFINISHED ⓘ Holy Week NERFINISHED ⓘ Palm Sunday NERFINISHED ⓘ
basedOnCalendar	Alexandrian calendar NERFINISHED ⓘ Julian calendar NERFINISHED ⓘ
commemorates	resurrection of Jesus ⓘ
country	Eritrea NERFINISHED ⓘ Ethiopia ⓘ
culturalSignificance	important national holiday in Eritrea ⓘ important national holiday in Ethiopia ⓘ major family gathering ⓘ
endsWith	festive meal ⓘ
fastingDuration	55 days ⓘ
fastingType	abstinence from animal products ⓘ abstinence from dairy ⓘ abstinence from eggs ⓘ abstinence from meat ⓘ
hasPractice	all-night church services ⓘ breaking of the fast ⓘ communal meals ⓘ lengthy fasting ⓘ processions ⓘ special liturgy ⓘ
hasRitual	Eucharistic celebration ⓘ candle lighting ⓘ prostrations ⓘ vigil service ⓘ
liturgicalLanguage	Geʽez NERFINISHED ⓘ
observedBy	Eritrean Orthodox Christians NERFINISHED ⓘ Ethiopian Orthodox Christians NERFINISHED ⓘ Oriental Orthodox Christians in the Horn of Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	liturgical year ⓘ
relatedTo	Easter NERFINISHED ⓘ Pascha NERFINISHED ⓘ
religion	Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church NERFINISHED ⓘ Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church NERFINISHED ⓘ
symbolizes	resurrection of Jesus Christ ⓘ
traditionalFood	beyaynetu ⓘ doro wat ⓘ injera ⓘ tej ⓘ tella ⓘ tibs ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Amhara (commonly reported) → majorFestivals → Fasika ⓘ

subject surface form: Amhara